CASTRO INSISTS ON BATTLE.; Bolivar Garrison Offers to Surrender If He Will Spare Gen. Ferrara, but He Refuses.

SOLEDAD, Venezuela, July 16 -- The attack on Ciudad Bolivar by the Venezuelan Government troops was deferred at the request of United States Consul Henderson, Herr Brokmen, the German Consul, and the Bishop, who yesterday transmitted to President Castro, through Gen. Gomez, the Commander in Chief of the Government forces, the following dispatch from Gen. Rolando, the rebel leader: View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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